cloister vault

English

cloister vault

Noun

cloister vault (plural cloister vaults)

1. (architecture) A vault resulting from the intersection of two barrel vaults crossing in a right angle. The angles of intersection are groins with projecting angles at the base, which die away at the summit.

Translations

structure created by intersection of vaults

• Dutch: kloostergewelf n
• Finnish: luostariholvi
• German: Klostergewölbe (de) n
• Italian: volta a padiglione f
• Norwegian: klosterhvelv n
• Swedish: klostervalv n